Rotary printing press frame structure



De@ l1, 1951 E.-w. woRTHlNG-roN ETAL 2,577,989

ROTARY PRINTING PRESS FRAME STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 14, 1945 3 Sheets-Sheet l CHR/STOPHER VER/VE KNELL B mlm RN EY Dec. 11, 1951 E. w. WORTHINGTON rs1-AL 2,577,989

ROTARY PRINTING PRESS FRAME STRUCTURE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug'. 14, 1945 INVENTORS EMO/QV W WORTH/NG TON CHR/STOPHER VERNE K1N/511i ATTO R N EY Dec- 11, 1951 E. w. woRTHlNGToN Erm. 2,577,989

ROTARY PRINTING PRESS FRAME STRUCTURE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Aug. 14, 1945 E ,/w by@ ATTORNEY 1 .Sw u. M uw, Wfl www 13S mmm J Ss www TrwfR i l- Om E l .l mw WN l l. W (9% wm. @fl/ww. Nummv IIIIIII Ihl. /ll H f i l L Patented Dec. l1, 1951 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE ROTARY PRINTING PRESS FRAME STRUCTURE Application August 14, 1945, Serial No. 610,768

4 claims. l

The present invention relates to rotary printing presses such as are used in newspaper printing, and refers more particularly to a unit frame construction thereof and auxiliary printing roll and inking train supporting members for use therewith.

Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part hereinafter and in part will be obvious herefrom, or may be learned by practice with the invention, the same being realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to hereinand constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press unit frame embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is the same, with the extra equipment of the invention added thereto;

Figure 3 is a phantom side elevation of a portion of Figure 2; and

.Figure 4 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in section along the broken line 4-4 of Figure 3.

It is frequently desired to add an extra color printing a cylinder to work against one of the impression cylinders of a printing unit, and various frame constructions both of the printing unit and the auxiliary unit have been developed for this purpose. These constructionsA have usually involved special cap members carrying all the auxiliary equipment, were not very rigid, required removal of all the extra equipment'toI-j gether, and did not permit either the preferred type of impression adjustment in the unit or the preferred oil tight housing surrounding the drive gears of the auxiliary equipment and communieating with corresponding oil tight housing on the unit.

It is an object of the present inventionto'provide an Vauxiliary frame for a color cylinder and its associated inking mechanism 'which shall providel maximum rigidity throughout the. en-

larged unit, as well as preferred impression adjustment and preferred oil tight housing of the drive members thereof.

A further object is to provide a press unit frame embodying preferred impression adjustment and lubrication means and adapted to operate either with or Without the auxiliary equipment.

A further object is that the auxiliary printing cylinder shall be readily removable from the enlarged unit without the necessity of removing the other auxiliary equipment.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the course of the following specication.

In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention there is provided a press unit the frame members of which have a continuous straight finish across their top portions. Centrally on each side member is located the upper frame member and to either side thereof is a filling block. When it is desired to add a plate cylinder to Work against either impression cylinder of the unit, the upper frame member and the filling blocks above that impression cylinder are removed. In place of the upper frame member a special upper frame member carrying the auxiliary fountain and ink train are inserted. The plate cylinder is carried in antifriction bearings preloaded in eccentric cartridges carried in rectangular frame blocks which slip snugly between the unit framefand auxiliary upper frame, engaging horizontal surfaces of both and a vertical surface of the latter, which thereby rests on the unit frame in part directlyand in part through the frame block.

The outstanding advantage of the above con- Y struction is its rigidity. A further advantage is that preloaded vantifriction bearings may be used throughout and impression adjustment is had through eccentric bearing cartridges.

lItwill be understood that the foregoing general- A furtherl advantage is that the unit and extra frame memdescription and the following detailed description as well are exemplary and explanatory of the invention but are not restrictive thereof.

Referring now in detail to the illustrative embodiment of the invention as shown in the drawings, the press units comprise side frames 5, 6 surmounted diagonally at their corners by caps 1, 8, 9 and a similar cap not shown, the caps being held on the frames by screws I and being eiective to mount thereon the bearing cartridges II of impression-.cylinders I2; I3fand theiec.- centric bearingr cartridges I4 of plate cylinders I5, I6. Adjusting screws I4A contact ears I4B formed on cartridges I4 for adjustment of platen-- cylinders I5, I6 relative to impression cylinders I2, I3. rolls I 8 are gear driven members, as are cylin- Vibrating ink drums II Vand fountains ders I2, I3, I5, I6; the ductor-rfolls-Isfbeing;`

frictionally driven from the-'fountain rollsfand* the unnumbered inking rolls being frictionailygi driven by the inking drums. Gears on the intermediate gears not illustrated are enclosed` in oil tight housings 2S, 2| placed against the inished side surfaces of the unit frame members 59.6; communicating with each 'other atfthe top ofrtherunit and. at the bottom thereof communieating with the housings 22fofA the fountain rolls' onfthebed' frame'23i-'of thev unit.A The housing systemv'is-tlius:adaptedY tof-conduct oil brought foot-member' 25' ofthe upper frameworlroftlie presa. separable as'at 26.,from the remainder of the-,upper framework. 21';

vid-ing-a roundedxouter top surface to the unit frame and: protecting the finished top .surface 24' ofzthe frame proper;

In' orderto. add an extra. plate cylinder to'the unit; fcot-25zand a pair of. filling blocks-LZB aref removed' andV replaced bythe extra.v equipment; I

Figure 2; showsy ani extra plate cylinderA 29"added'f to ;the unit to work" against impressionzcylinder' I2,- and4 itis obvious therefrom thatl the extraff cylinder could just vas' easily'be located so asfto'= Wol-lc: aga-instn impression cylinder I 3 Extrairame members 3l which are intera-f changeable'withfoot members 25 carry Vthe founivv tain.- and init-.trainY for platecylinder 29'.' bers 33,731 haveI finished surfaces32-perpen dicular to surface 24 and finished.surfaces-33TV Filling blocks 28 rest" orrfthe surfaces 24fto-either side of foot 25f,`"pro l byrpressureto the gears'and`=bearings'of cylinders I2zand'..If3 and `falling bygravity Vto the-lower:

parallel-cto surfaces24; the: surfaces:24; 32, 33;

forming anfopen rectangle into which'frame blocks 34; 35 are slidableandzin'which they4 are held-by` screws SBI Eccentric cartridges 31; gde...

justablev by screws. 3,8 carry' the preloadedr anti#- l friction; bea-rings; not illustrated, tif-platercyl'm-f der, -29. H The. cartridges 131iiaret recessed' totpro-z vide Vsurfaces 39" which :screws 38:. may engage:

This permitsaxialassemblyof` the solid frame` blocks 34, 35 over the cartridges, as compared: to. cartridgesv I4 which1byreason of. the ears I4B require a cap construction;

The. exterior side 'surfaces'- ofi theiextraV frame .f

ishedgand;extendz.in;substantially ,the .same-Vertr'+1 cal plane as the corresponding surfacespf the:

umtfand areftherebyi adaptedatoconstitutefethe 4 inner wall of an oil tight housing system extending from the top of the enlarged unit to the bottom thereof. The components of this system are the long envelopes or housings 40 extending substantially from the top of the extra frame members 30, 3| to the bottom of the half of the unit therebelow, the envelopes 4I communicating therewith and covering the other half of the unit, and the inspection hole covers 42. It is understood that the ink train of cylinder 23 comprisesbearingsf andi gears= `enclosed in housing-ill!!` and similar generally to those of the ink trains of cylinders I5 and I6 and that the cylinders and their inking means may be driven ...infamy-convenient manner from a source of power notshown. Oil may thus be applied under pressure to the topmost bearings and gears enclosed inrzhousing-Mi'l and willbe conducted by housings 4t) :and- 4Iht`o" al1-"other gears and bearings enclosed therein" The invention in its broader aspects is not limitetoi thexspecic mechanisms shown and described but departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from the principlesof thei'nvention and lwithout sacrificing its chief. advantages: 'v

What is claimed is:

1. In a press unit comprisingside frames andV caps diagonally surmounting said frames, in" combination, top surfaces formed on saidV framesV and'vv capsf and extending continuously thereacross.- extra frames supported on said'framea, substantially rectangularA frame blocks adapted' to frotat'ably supportl an extra cylinder; said blocks being supportedV substantially on said top l surfaces-of said caps, said blocks further having" substantially straight and horizontal top sur-A faces and said extra frames having surfaces adapted to-rest on said lastmentioned'- surfacesV whereby said'extra frames are partly supportedV through said blocks'l and caps on said frames.

23A press unit comprising, in combination,Y a

frame in whichv a pair of impression cylinders.

Y areIOtatably mounted near the top thereof, said frame also rotatably supporting the plate cylinders and inking mechanism Yto cooperate with said impression cylinders, said frame having,

I capped bearing seats for said impression cylin-Y derspthe upper portion of said framev and v,bearing caps providinga' continuous.' fiat; horizontalsurface, a footed upper frame secured to'said flat., surface, said upper frame having a rectangular opening `thereinf'over one bea-ring cap to receive'a rectangular frame block rotatably' mounting,n

another printing cylinder to cooperate with and be" driven with' the impression cylinder immediately 'below said other-printing cylinder.

3. A press unit according to claim 2 in which" the upper' frame has lateral extensions above" said otherrprinting cylinder by which the unit maybe braced with respect to an adjacent print-f ingunit.. I

4. A1 press unit comprising", in vcombination;`

cylinderl rotatably'mcunted' at the top thereof` sonas tovpermit free accessl from above, a platecylinder'rotatably mountedY below said impres-V sion cylinder for running engagementV therewith and having aninking mechanism for supplyingj an ink lm, bearing caps secured to said frame atl opposite sides: thereoff to .'retain" the impression cylinderftherein-'sa-id bearing caps` each having f a hnrizontalftop'@surfaceelying' inY the' same planen@ "Pnradditionaltplate cylinder.; arrangedabovel the u e e impression cylinder, frame blocks mounted on REFERENCES CITED the horizontal top Surfaces of Said bearing caps The following references are of record in the respectively and mounting said additional plate fue of this patent: cylinder for running engagement with said impression cylinder, and additional frame means 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS having an inking mechanism for said additional Number Name Date plate cylinder, said additional frame means be- 1,028,485 Pancoast June 4, 1912 ing attached to the upper portion of said main 1,993,874 Crafts Mar. 12, 1935 frame and resting on the upper portion of said 2,085,185 Crafts June 29, 1937 frame 101031; is) 2,104,737 Dean Jan. 11, 1938 2,133,459 Livingston Oct. 18, 1938 EMORY W. WORTHINGTON. 2,158,701 Jirousek May 16,v 1939 CHRISTOPHER VERNE KNELL. 2,227,616 VVOlf Jan. 7, 1941 

